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Warmist is a snarl word used by global warming deniers to describe anyone who they perceive to be "believing" in anthropogenic global warming/climate change. Originally, before the consensus developed, the term was value-neutral.[citation needed] Those who argued for anthropogenic climate change were nicknamed "warmists" and those against were called "coolists."[citation needed] Post-consensus, the term warmism is now used in a derogatory sense, often as in "the warmist cult," "the religion of warmism," or "the warmistas." Al Gore is considered to be the high priest of the warmist cult. The term "coolist" has mostly fallen out of use, being largely replaced by "skeptic" (for journalists who want to seem balanced) or "denier." The "warmist" versus "denier" terminology is akin to evilutionist or Darwinist versus cretinist in the debate over evolution, except the former pair tends to be used with more seriousness than the latter. A third but smaller breed has positioned itself between the "warmist/denier" dichotomy — the "lukewarmer." Unlike the other two labels, however, "lukewarmer" is often used as an un-ironic self-descriptive term. Lukewarmers tend to eschew outright denying climate science in favor of systematically low-balling IPCC estimates (see also Bjorn Lomborg).

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